Linda Cristal
Actor
Biography
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Linda Cristal (born Marta Victoria Moya Peggo Burges; 23 February 1931 - 27 June 2020) was an Argentine actress. In 1960, John Wayne asked her to play the part of Flaca in his epic The Alamo. In 1961, she starred with James Stewart in the western "Two Rode Together". She semi-retired from the business after that to raise her two children. In the 1960-61 TV season, Cristal appeared as a female matador in NBC's The Tab Hunter Show.
She was coaxed out of retirement when she became the last cast member to be added to the NBC series The High Chaparral. David Dortort had been auditioning actresses for three weeks, seeking just the right woman with good looks, acting ability and a fiery personality, who could breathe life into the aristocratic "Victoria Montoya". He had just about given up hope of ever finding the right actress when Cristal heard about the part. Her agent thought the role had already been cast, but she urged him to check, and he found out that it was still open.
She later appeared in such popular television series as Bonanza, Barnaby Jones and The Love Boat. After that, she took assignments only as the notion struck her favorably, such as the Charles Bronson action film Mr. Majestyk.
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Filmography
Mr. Majestyk
as Nancy Chavez 1974
Two Rode Together
as Elena de la Madriaga 1961
Comanche
as Margarita 1956
The Perfect Furlough
as Sandra Roca 1958
The Last of the Fast Guns
as Maria O'Reilly 1958
El 7 leguas
as Blanca 1955
The Dead Don't Die
as Vera LaValle 1975
Cry Tough
as Sarita 1959
Legions of the Nile
as Cleopatra alias Berenice 1959
Enemigos
1956
The Fiend Who Walked the West
as Elena Hardy 1958
El lunar de la familia
1953
Panic in the City
as Dr. Paula Stevens 1968
Fruto prohibido
as Julia (sin créditos) 1953
With the Devil in the Body
1954
Genio y figura
1953